Lights, camera, censor

Jungle Book's 3D effects are 'scary'. This was the Censor Board's reason for giving the children's film a U/A certification - a move that invited criticism and became the subject of much derision on social media. This was not the first time that the Censor Board's decisions were termed as bizarre and arbitrary. The author takes a look at some others

Spectre
In this latest James Bond movie, the board had a problem with the length of the kiss between Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci and shortened it.

NH10
In this movie, a Hindi word which denoted "prostitute" was changed to jhoothi, which means "liar". It changed the meaning of the scene.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
This Rajshri family drama was forced to make three cuts. One of them was the word "ra**el" (mistress) in the film.

Love Games
Interestingly, the highly-sensitive Censor Board allowed words "f**k" and "s*x" to pass the test in the recently released film (but beeped out the word saala in Jai Gangaajal. Similarly, cuss words were beeped out in Tamasha).

- Bobby Singh who runs the blog, Bobby Talks Cinema

 
Jungle Book
While Jungle Book earned a U/A certification, the more violent Bajirao Mastani got away with a U certificate.

Dum Laga Ke Haisha
The board muted the word "lesbian" in this film starring Ayushmann Khurrana.

Hate Story 3
The word "bhagwaan" in Sharman Joshi's dialogue was replaced by "upar waala" because the board feared it might hurt the sentiments of certain audience.